This indenture made and entered into this eighteenth day of
December one
thousand eight hundred and thirty three between Uriah Murff of the
county of
Montgomery and state of Tennessee of the one part and James Lamaster of
Mon county and state aforesaid of the other
part mention forth that for and in consideration of the sum of one
hundred and
forty dollars to him the said Uriah Murff in hand paid by the said
James
Lamaster at or before the signing sealing and delivering these presents
the
receipt whereof in thereby acknowledged hath bargained sold conveyed
and
performed and do by these presents bargain sell convey and confirm unto
the
said James Lamaster his heirs and agreed on a certain tract or parcel
of land
situated lying and being the county and state aforesaid and on Mw
waters of
Half Pone creek bounded as follows (?) Beginning at a Locust and
dogwood James
Mallory’s corner standing east of his springfencing eastpoles
to
pointers, thence forth thirty eight degrees east one hundred and
fourteen poles
to a locust standing in the hollow, thence east forty three poles to
the north
branch of Shaw’s Spring branch, thence North sixty two degrees west
fifty four
poles to a chinky pin oak a corner of Sarah Woodson dower, thence west
with
said dower line seventy nine and one half poles to a stake south west
corner of
said dower, thence south three degree’s east with said Mallory’s line
one
hundred and sixteen poles to the beginning containing forty acres be
the same
more or less which certain tract or parcel of land in the said Murff
doth
covenant to and with the said Lamaster his heirs and aligned to warrant
and
forever defend the aforesaid tract of land unto the said Lamaster his
heirs is
free from the claim
of every persons or person what so ever in witness where
of??at my land and seal day and
date first
written

Uriah Murff(seal)

signed and deliveredin presents of us

Thomas Harris

State of Tennessee

Montgomery County CourtJanuary Term 1833

The encertion of the
foregoing deed was duly acknowledged in open court by Uriah Murff to be
his act
and deed for the purpose therein mentioned and on motion ordered to be
certified for registration